St. Helena

HC Deb 26 May 1993 vol 225 cc589-90W

Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid has been given to St. Helena in each year since 1979.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The figures for St. Helena are:

	Number
1979	3,935
1980	3,795
1981	4,062
1982	5,834
1983	6,533
1984	7,471
1985	9,354
1986	9,202
1987	12,241

	Number
1987–88	11,057
1988–89	20,524
1989–90	24,239
1990–91	11,759
1991–92	9,147

Note: The method of recording aid expenditure was changed from a calendar year to a financial year basis in 1987–88.